This is really interesting stuff. My friend and colleague Leisa Clark wrote her MA thesis about food in the Potterverse. Her analysis doesn't include the specificity of butterbeer (and, it was written pre WWoHP), and it's really interesting to c ...
I think the observations here are spot on. It's important to consider how fans can be mobilized to action given shared values or goals. I think the two prong approach you use here is really smart, and there's significant support for aligning the ...
This is really important to discuss and consider. Rowling, as author, receives both praise and censure for her continued persistence in shaping the Potterverse. Where many authors seek to move on to other projects, Rowling appears to wallow in her wizardi ...
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